Bowling game



June 2, 1925- 1,54U,28

E. c. SCHALLIS BOWLING GAME Filed May 20, 1924 0'00 009 0-0 o oo o o o oo 0 o o INVENTOR E.C 66])08141'6,

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Application filed May 20,

in principle isequivalent to bowling.

An object of the invention is the provision of a "game predicateduponthe pr1nc1p1e t bowling and which may be played by any person and atan timewithout necessit mg the expensive equipment of the regulationgame of bowling and yet providing for the unusual situations andspectacular plays that occur inbowling alleys.

A further object of the invention is'the provision of an indicator dialhaving predetermined radial columns ofnumerals and other indioiarelating-to a bowling" game overwhich is adapted to hespun a pivotedindicator hand supplied with a c'olun'i'n of inimerals which,designatingthe count of the first spin of a player. is to added to the.mnnerical indicia determined by a second spin, the second addedindiciia indicatedby theniuneral of the first counton the arrow beingsuperimposed upon SOIIlt-Elllllllfllfll or indicia in the radial columnswhen the indiator handhas come'to rest.

This invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description, in view of the accompanyin drawingforn'iin'g a part of the specification; nevertheless it is to beunderstood that the invention is-not confined to the disclosure, being;susceptible o such changes andm'odificati'ons which shall de line nomaterial departure from the salient :leatures of the invention asexpressed in the ai ipended claims.

The figure is apla-n View oi: the bowling g'anie.

Referring moreparticularly to the drawing 1 designates a board formed ofany suitable material and provided with lines for designating therunways 2 which separate the various alleys from each other. Thepositions of the tcnpins are indicated, as shown by the numeral 3. Itmust be borne in mind that while the positions are indicated no pins areemployed in the game.

Central ot the board 1 is termed a plua' strike is made on th circularspace.

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'ality of circles l forming anuular spaces,

" the circumference 0t which. gradually (lecreasein lengrtli as theyapproachthe center. Radial lines 5 are'provided which (form radialcolumns and these lines cooper-ath-ig with the circles 4 torm' boxesinto-'wlrich numerals are placed. Certain of thceolumns, as 6, areprovided with the indi'oia Foul or Poodle, or asshow n at. 7 the radialcolumn has the word Poodle for a purpose which Willbc presentlyexplained. The boxes of other columnsare'equipped with nunieralsand thewordsF u1l *and Saa're exec-at the box desi' 'nated"lov the h.

numeral 8-has -theword Strike or Spare as does the diametricallydisposed box 91 An indicator hand lO is pivotedat 11 to the board 1 andat the center ofthe' circ'le l.

' One end 12 is'ada-ptedto' hehit by a quick snap of'the finger'orlay-some instrument for causingthe indicatorhand to-spin. Thear rowportion 13 is provided-with a corner 14 and a series of radial openings12? through which the numerals-or in lici'a iirtlie'aniuilar spaces mayhe read. Adjacent each otthe openings are the'numerals from 2 to S) in--elusive, whileth'c' indicator portion 14L of the hand is provided withthe numeral 1 which is adapted to follow, during the revolution of thearrow, the outer annular column while the openingslo insequence passover the concentric annular spaces 'located near the'pivot poii'it 11 ofthe dialplate 1.6;

In playing then-sine, the arrowshould be started to revolveatsutficient"speedsothat it at least should complete three or morerevolutions. Any number of players may enjoy the game at the same time,Each player isentitled totwo spins except when firstspin; The result ofthe first spiin isshownin the outer In' other words, it the pointer 14should stop at. the numeral 8 that wculd bethe count for the first spin.The indicator handlO is then revolved rapidly and the count is-thenobtained by notii what n'uni'era'l or indiciaappears through the opening15 adjacent the numeral" 8 on the indicator'hand; n other words, onlythe indicia of tlieeighth eccentric space counting from the largerannularspace inwardly. It the opening" should be disposed over thenumeral 1, such numeral would he added to 8 and that would give thescore for the first box. If the opening 15 adjacent the numcral 8 shouldstop over the word Spare the following values would be added for theplayer. The player, when he'receives the spare, as is usual in theordinary bowling game, would add the number that he makes on the firstspin of the next box to ten pins. In other words, if the first spin onthe next box resulted in five pins then ten points would be added to thefive making fifteen for the first box. If a strike follows the spare theplayer would be entitled to twenty pins. If, on the second spin, thearrow points to the section designated by Strike Spare, shown at 8 and9, it will only denote that the spare has been made no matter what theresults of the first spin may have been. A strike denotes that all tenpins are knocked down by the first ball or spin and has the followingvalues: When followed by a spare the player is entitled to twentypoints; when followed by one strike, the player is entitled to twentypoints plus the number ofpoints gained on the first spin of the nextbox; when followed by two or more strikes the player is entitled tothirty pins for the second strike made and also entitled to thirty pinsfor each consecutive strike made thereafter.

A foul is the result of some interference,

such as overstepping the foul line, or accident caused beyond thecontrol of the player and has no effect on the score, causing neitherloss nor gain. Poodle denotes that the ball did not hit any pins as theresult of the players carelessness or inaccuracy and has no value.However, when a poodle follows a spare, the former value of thespare issacrificed and when a poodle follows a strike the maximum value of thestrike is limited to ten points regardless of the results of the nextspin of the succeeding box. When the point of the arrow is in directalinement with one of the radial lines 5, the result of the spin isdetermined by the number as shown in the first space to the right of theline.

Score sheets are; supplied and'the usual method of calculating the scoreis followed in the regulation game of bowling.

What I claim is:

1. A game comprising a board presenting a fiat surface and ruledlongitudinally to represent bowling alleys and having annular concentriclines located about a center and radial lines intercepting the.concentric lines forming a plurality of annular rows of spaces andradially arranged spaces, an indicator hand pivotally mounted at thecenter of the concentric circle and having a pointer adapted to berevolved over the spaces, and indicia in the spaces designating certainpoints to be acquired for the count in the game and determined by thearrow when the same comes to rest, said indicator hand being providedwith a plurality of numerals so spaced along the hand that each numeralwill be located within a space between a pair of concentric lines, saidnumerals representing the count of a previous spin, and determining theannular space from which the succeeding count isto be taken after theindicator hand has come to rest.

A game comprising a board presenting a fiat surface and ruledlongitudinally to represent bowling alleys and having annular concentriclines located about a center and radial lines intercepting theconcentric lines forming a plurality of annular rows of spaces andradially arranged spaces, an indicator hand pivotally mounted at thecenter of the concentric circle and having a pointer adapted to berevolved over the spaces, and

indicia in the spaces designating certain points to be acquired for thecount in the game and determined by the arrow when the same comes torest, the indicator hand being providedwith a plurality of radiallydisposed openings with numerals 2 to 9 inclusive placed beside eachopening, said numerals representing the count of the'previous spin andpredetermining the annular space from which the second count is to betaken when the indicator hand has come to rest after spinning movement.A

3. A game comprising a board presenting a-flat surface and ruledlongitudinally to represent bowling alleys and having annular concentriclines located about a center and radial lines intercepting theconcentric lines forming a plurality of annular rows of spaces andradially arranged spaces, an indicator hand pivotally mounted at thecenter of the concentric circle and having a pointer adapt-ed to berevolved over the spaces, and indicia in the spaces designating certainpoints to be acquired for the, count in the game and determined by thearrow when the same comes to rest, said indicatinhand being providedwith a radially arranged series of consecutive numerals adapted tocoincide with the concentric annular spaces about the pivot point of thehand, any one of the numerals on the hand being adapted to designate theresults of a previous spin and which is to be added to the numericalvalue or indicia located in an annular space over which said numeral onthe dial hand rides and determined by the stopping of the indicatorhand.

EDlVARD CHARLES SCHALLI S.

